Sanitary container



Nov. 8, 1932. G. NICKEL SANITARY CONTAINER Filed July l. 1931 Y /rvE/VT'O 71': 'GUTTFR/ED NICKEL,

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Patented Nov. s, 1932 be used and ,UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE@ Co'rTFnIED NICKEL, or LONG BEACH, CALIroRNIA,fAssIGNoR oF sIEGrnIEn-a. DIETZMANN, or LOSANGELES, ,CALIFORNIA SANITARY CONTAINER c Application flied my 1, 11931. serial No. 5'4s,1o9.'

This invention relates to devices used for holding food objects ysuch Aas small cookies or so-called soda-crackers or the like served with the meals and particularly with the Vsoup restaurants or any other eating places. I i d One ofthe objects of this. invention is to provide a device. by which soda-crackers and the like can be held and maintained in asani'- w tary condition and still can readily be grasped one by one.

Another object is to provide a device that can readily be refilled and emptied. Y c

Other objects will appear v from the follow- 15 ing description and appended claimas well as from the accompanying drawing, in which*- Fig. l isa perspective view of a container and a removable holder ofa simple form to Fig. 2 is a vertical midsectional view of the device illustrated in Fig. 1.

As illustrated, the container 3 is preferably made of glass or similar transparent material,

makingit easy to observe or ascertain when a container is full, or empty to necessitatea refilling.

The cover 4 is 'designed Brackets 6 extend vfrom the undersidev of i c ture for-any table.

Having thus claim: o Y ,In a device of theclass described', a container with an open top'side', a cover adapted side, brackets extending Y downwardly intothe container from the underside of the cover andbcing of a Hat form adapted to evenly stack and guidebiscuits and. the like'between the fiat upright brackets, a tray near the bottom ofthe container sup- Y ported bythe brackets, and a handle member operate according to this inven so abatir-may 3o keep the container firmly oreven hermeticali ly closed or sealed whenthe device is notV with any storedobjectscanbehandled as i' l suggested above. ,1, Since the whole tray can ONE-HALF fro Y be lifted fromthe `cor'itainer by means of the ycover .tand thef brackets 6, the tray can be refilled readil and, by providing ya transparent container, the devicecan befmaintained supplied with goods at fall times since V:itjcan be easilyob.VY

a rellirng becomes served YjustV when- 'Y necessary;

Outer ornamentations make theV device at-j desirable permanent ii :w:-

tractiveito'make ita to close said top on the cover.`

` In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my invention I have signed my name.

' o GOTTFRIED NICKEL.

the cover downwardly into the container A whereby a tray 7 is supported uponiwhich desired objects, such as food, or, moreparticularly, crackers'can be held readyforuse Y by a .customer of a restaurant in jects resting'on the tray 7.

a sanitary condition, dotted lines 8 indicating such ob-v of It will easily be lunderstood thatthe tray' 1 7 Vcan be lifted sufficiently to bring'the gtop-V most object, indicated at SafinjFg.' 2,. to` come toa level that this object may be grasped and taken from the container over the top edge .l

3,L a sidewise direction as illustratedl and indicatedat 8b inFig. 1 v f o The cover 4 is providedvwith a handle -memc i to ber 9 by whlch the attached tray 7 and theredescribed' my invention, kI Y f l 

